The House of Wisdom
by Heide, Florence Parry
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AR Book Level
5.1
AR Points
0.5
Word Count
2,093
Interest Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Genre
Fiction
AR Quiz #
44594 EN
About this book
Ishaq, the son of the chief translator to the Caliph of ancient Baghdad, travels the world in search of precious books and manuscripts and brings them back to the great library known as the House of Wisdom. The coauthor is Judith Heide Gilliland.